Until the cash buy-off from the hospital, I was wondering why they bothered to push Mama Solis down the stairs at all. So it appears that the vehicular manslaughter, incriminating photo, etc threads are neatly tied up, and Gabrielle has a new chunk of cash to play with.
I really dislike drive-by posters who come into an appreciation thread and crap all over that which is being appreciated. So I will just say: I have no faith that the writers have the ability, or even the desire, to tie up all the mysteries that they’ve launched and forgotten. And leave it at that.
Um. I wasn’t crapping on the thread or the show. I love it. I was just lamenting that I wish they could have drawn it out a bit more; I liked that character.
The Lost mystery was when Kate offered to tell Jack what she did and he said no.
On VM, I can’t see it. V suspected, and felt it was relevant. Last week’s episode showed she still thinks it’s relevant. So it just seemed like a gimmick to me. I’m not complaining too much because I think VM is the best new show this season.
I didn’t catch that the nurse was wearing headphones and didn’t hear Mama Solis’s statement about the adultery. So I thought the nurse manipulated the settlement offer from the hospital, and was then going to blackmail Gabrielle for a share of it.
That reminds me, the whole Mama Solis death thing was handled so badly. If she’d been in a coma for five months, I hardly think she would have been in the physical condition to hop out of bed and go wandering the halls. Wouldn’t her muscles have atrophied? Would she even remember what had happened?
Also, what was up with the lawsuit? I didn’t think attorneys made pre-emptive strikes like that. Wouldn’t that open them up to “Oh, really? I didn’t know that. Well, I’m not going to sign any settlement agreement. I’m going to talk to my attorney first. We’ll be in touch.”
Sure it would, but by observing Gabrielle and the nurse when she first visited, the hospital suit thought that Gabrielle was already planning a suit, ergo, he had nothing to lose, and he might get the thing settled before she talked to a lawyer.
I had some sort of recording malfunction last night. The last scene recorded, Susan crashed her car and was told she was a drama queen. What happened after that?
Basically, the hospital thought that Gabrielle had some idea what had happened. They offered her money in exchange for never taking legal action against them. She heard this, thought “something’s up!” and refused to settle. She plans on suing/settling after her husband takes the plea bargain.
There was some more of the show after the car crash, though my VCR is a bit jumpy and I can’t really hear what they’re saying right now in the playback, so I’m mostly going from memory:
Lynnette and hubby (Tom?) in bed discussing what had happened; he reassures her;
the hospital administrator offers a $1.6 million settlement to Gabrielle because of the hospital’s role in Mama Solis’ death; Gabrielle contacts her lawyer and finds that she can’t keep the money unless Carlos makes a plea and does some jail time (of course, she wants the money, so she’s okay with this).
After that, my tape cut off because the show went one minute past the hour.
I do recall some scenes from next week regarding Bree attempting to discipline one of Lynnette’s rascals.
